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SPREP and Nauru formalise agreement to support adaptation activities
A new Letter of Agreement has been signed between the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Republic of the Nauru to support urgently needed climate change adaptation activities in the country.The formal Agreement will see SPREP provide capacity development and technical advisory support to Nauru to develop concepts and project proposals for ... More detail

Weathering food and nutrition security in the Pacific
The Regional Expert Roundtable on Climate Services for Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security opened in Samoa today. It brings together a range of experts from the agricultural, climate change and weather sectors to provide guidance on how climate services can effectively contribute to food and nutrition security.From 1982 to 2012, there were 615 natural disasters record... More detail

Walking the Weather talk in Samoa
Ensuring that local communities better understand terms such as "trough of low pressure", "convergence zone" and "cold frontal system", was at the core of communications and media training for the Samoa Meteorological Service and partners this week.The training was coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) as part of a project funded... More detail

SPREP strengthens ties with the Government of China
Students from China to learn more about Pacific waste issues and cultures with SPREPThe Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), based in Samoa, will be home for two students from the School of Environment located in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, over the next four months.
Chinese Ambassador to Samoa H.E Li Yanduan
The two students, Ms. Chang ... More detail

Solar power brings water to homes in Tonga
Thirteen remote villages in the Ha’apai District of Tonga now have improved access to water thanks to the installation of solar powered water pumps which help to reduce reliance on diesel fuel for access to well water.Since the pumps which were launched for use in December last year, the fuel and electricity use in these 13 villages is estimated to have been reduced by more t... More detail

Highlighting the power of solar in Tuvalu
Funafuti, Tuvalu, 29 January, 2015 - Representatives from Fiji TV, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Tuvalu Electricity Corporation (TEC) have commenced work on collecting footage for a new documentary on the provision of solar power to communities in the remote areas of Tuvalu.The ground-breaking project, run in partnership between the E... More detail

World Wetlands Day 2 February 2015 - 'Wetlands for our Future'
The annual observation of World Wetlands Day on the second day of February each year marks the day the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was signed in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971. The event was first celebrated in 1997 and provides an opportunity to raise and strengthen awareness of the importance of wetlands throughout the world and in the Pacific region. This year’s them... More detail

Managing Mercury Waste a Growing Priority in the Pacific islands region
The first-ever sub-regional workshop on the Minamata Convention on Mercury was held in Apia, Samoa at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) from 19 to 21 January. The workshop, coordinated and organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), aimed to support Pacific islands in the early ratification and implementa... More detail